drop off: meaning and explanation
to drop somebody/something off = to take somebody/something to a place and leave them there.
For example, if you are in a taxi then the driver might ask you where you want to be dropped off. If you have children, perhaps you drop them off at school in the mornings. If a friend leaves their phone at your house, you might offer to drop it off at their office the next day.
It is quite useful to learn this phrasal verb together with to pick somebody/something up, which has the opposite meaning. e.g. Do you want to pick up the pizza or shall we drop it off?
Have a go at these micro-dictation exercises to hear this expression being used in context – how much can you understand?
Listening exercises
Dictation #1
Accent: North America
About the sentence
...is there any chance you could...
Is there any chance you could + verb is a very useful structure to politely ask someone to do you a favour.
e.g. Is there any chance you could check my homework for me?
Dictation #2
Accent: Ireland
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Dictation #3
Accent: England (RP)
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taxi driver to outside the pub and I'll .
About the sentence
...ask the taxi driver to...
Notice the important verb pattern to ask somebody to do something. e.g. My boss has asked me to give a presentation to the entire office on Friday.
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